Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Town · Quebec · Population 12,190
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 54.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.8% · 2016: 19.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.2%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.1%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.8%2016: 37.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.6%2016: 24.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.9%2011: 29.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.9%2011: 30.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.7%2011: 8.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.6%2016: 28.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.9%2011: 6.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.4%2016: 22.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.1%2016: 17.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.9%2016: 22.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.2%2016: 24%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.5%2016: 13.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1%2016: 1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%73.8%2016: 76.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.3%2016: 22.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2%2016: 2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.1%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.9%2016: 0.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.4%2016: 75.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.6%2016: 24.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.4%2016: 84.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.6%2016: 3.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2%2016: 2.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.9%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.2%2016: 6.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.3%2016: 94%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.9%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021